This illustration, by the French artist Pierre Paul Prud’hon (c. 1758–1823), was initially intended for a collection of plays by Jean Racine (c. 1639-1699)....
Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
This illustration, by the French artist Pierre Paul Prud’hon (c. 1758–1823), was initially intended for a collection of plays by Jean Racine (c. 1639-1699)....
Anna Komnene (1083-1153)
"But of course fault-finders stand out of weapon range and the acid darts they fire at the contestants come from their tongues."
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This impressive set of medieval 15th-century armor was largely pieced together from the remnants of unconnected items of Italian equipment discovered at a Venetian...
Apollonius of Rhodes (3rd Century BCE Greek/Egyptian Scholar and Poet)
"The truth is, we
the members of the woe-struck tribes of mortals
never tread the pathways to...
